Afterthought.
by Bowen, Elizabeth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, (1962). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, maroon cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 220pp. Essays and reflections on writing and other authors. A very tight and fresh copy with discreet prior owner's name and date, else fine in a remarkably crisp and sharp dust jacket with one pinhole at top of gutter on jacket, else fine. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01680
- Title
- Afterthought.
- Author
- Bowen, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, (1962).
- Keywords
- BOWEN, LITERATURE, NOVEL, CRITICISM, FICTION, ENGLISH, BRITISH, ESSAY GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- General;
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Brillig Books
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- Fine
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- Gutter
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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